Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-25
A USEM ENTs.
A Retrospect OF the Past and Pros
poets or the Coming Week.

A Retrospect OF the Past and Pros.
poets or the Coming Week.
The past week has been one OF the
most active In the theatrical annals Of
Omaha. Both the Boyd and the Grand
opera houses have been open every even.
ing. The Rag Baby" at Boyds, with an
Indifferent company, opened tho week
and played for three evenings to fair
audiences. The star, or at least tho
party essaying the stars character, was
Cherries Reed. Mr.. Reed Is yet new
upon the dramatic stage, and before he
can be deemed worthy Of commentator
he must prove himself possessed Of
greater ambition than that Of an imita-
tor. II there had not been a Daniels IN
Old Sport, there had never been such an
old sport rs Reed has given us.
At the Grand opera house the Two Old
CrOnies opened the week and played three
nights. There was considerable talent
an the aggregation, but the stars seemed
to prefer to let 1t rest rather than that
crOny stars should be compelled to make
mn extra effort to discipline their per.
formers and apply spur to themselves,
BILE people were in the cast.
The last half Of the week at Boyd'a
brought back Milton Mobiles and his
seemingly child.like wife. Mobiles has
now the poorest company he has had
with him in many years, but his plays
go" Notwithstanding MOBILES and his
wife, of course. IN taeir own way, are al
the beautiful Miss Davenport
who was the wife Of D, r. Allen
Frederick Wards stage manager
at the time he (Allen) was killed in the
south. Mobiles new play, From Sire to
Son. has made its friends. Aside from
this fact. the setting of one Of its scenes,
in Venice, is one OF the prettiest Which
the credit for it is due to Stage Carpenter
At the Grand, Thomas w, Keepe ap.
peared tOgradually increasing aud diences,
that which witnessed Richard Ill' last
night filing almost every seat. kecnea
Richard is the same character work 1t
was two years ago. More than anything
he does, it savors of the melo.dramatic.
The actor does not seem IN it to sink his
individuality to the degree that he does
IN Richelieu, Shylock, Hamlet, and even
Macbeth. He is apparently soliloguizer
bidding for the popular applause,
instead of the deep, secret, and mcdita.
tive scOundrcl which nature and circum-
stances made of him. He reasons with
facility, but like Ingersoll, raises up
moral barrier only 10 lombard and bat
ter it with his devilsh railery and his
slick tongued hypocrisy.
Next week only Boyd's will be open
for the appearance of Mrs. and MIR. w
j. Florence. They appeay on next Mon
day evening in Our Governor" On
Tuesday they play in the "Flirt," W hich
is new here. and on Wednesday night.
in Uncle Bob" 1t may be said that
MIR. Florence is one of tho few remain.
ing survivals of the old school Of actors
with whom condition precedent OF sue.
cess was the ability to differentiate char.
acters-to give each assumption dis
tinct individuality, whether of the na.
ture Of creation or not-an ability
conditions of the stage.
The Grand will be closed for two weeks
while undergoing. repairs.
METZ'S GARDEN.
The most successful summer engage.
ment ever played by a German company
comes to close tonight. Every Sunday
for nearly five months past Baure's Pulls
company have played IN the above gar
by single storm of rain. Their audi
ences have been uniformly large and tho
season has been success. To all their
friends, therefore, tonight this company
will bid summer adieu, and well
come them to the opening of the
fall and winter season next Sum
day night at Boyd's. There will be
members of the company, and entitled
"Der Veg durch's Fenster" and Elm
TOIietten-Ge Geheimniss." On next Sum
day the company, strengthened by sew
eral new actors and actresses, will ap-
pear at Boyd's, opening a season of
thirty performances. Season tickets for
these are nov going rapidly at the ,lats rate
may leave their names with Henry
Pundt on Farnam, and they will be
called upon by both the managers,
Baureis and Pulls. The company will
consist of the following new members:
Conrad Refs. from Robinson's opera
house. Cincinnati; Marie Stemmler, from
the Thalia theatre. New York. Otto
Louis Meusehke and Bertha Meuschke,
from Pope's theatre, st. Louis. These
will be associated with the old favorites,
Emile Puls-Ahl, Elise Baureis, Selma
Lindemann, Otto Pulls, and Jean Baureis.
Prof. Franko's orchestra will render the
music.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Boyd's opera houge will offer quite an
array of attractions for October. During
IuC iuOuth NLaSSiO NANShoAAs
Nat Goodwin, Sol Smith Russell. Vernona
Jarbeau, Rice's "Evangellne," William
j. Scanlan, the Hanlons in lie Voyage
en- SUISSE" Charles Erin Werner and w.
Il. Bryant in Keep IL Dark" will appear.
The u. r. Thrice Sued.
Benjamin j. Coy sued the Union Pa
cfc railway company for $4,000 for
injuries received some three months ago
while alghting from the cars at South
Omaha. lie claims that at that time
there was no suitable landing for re-
ceiving passengers, and that the train
did not stop at all. but merely slackened
IN speed. He was thrown violently to
the ground, and sustained injuries that
confined him to the house for forty days,
and will main him for life.
Swan +. Hult1uist sues the Union Pa
cific railway company for $40, 900 on the